104 THE USES OF PLANTS. 



Pereirine, Alstonia scholaris, R. Br., ' DlTA BARK,' the 

 bark of a tree well known in the tropics of the Old 

 World,* A.constritta,.v<m Muell., its Australian con- 

 gener, now much used in the United States as 'QUEENS- 

 LAND FEVER-BARK/f *x&Aspidosperma Quebrac/w,the 

 ' WHITE QUEBRACHO BARK ' of Chili, which contains 

 Aspidospermine, are all members of this order, which 

 have been recommended as tonic antiperiodic febri- 

 fuges instead of quinine. 



Strophanthus hispidus, DC., or 6*. Kombe, Oliver, 

 the ' WANIKA ARROW POISON ' of East Africa, is 

 statedj to be almost a specific in fatty degeneration 

 and other cardiac affections, the root being the part 

 employed. 



Holarrhena antidysenterica, Wall., is the ' MANOIS 

 REMEDY ' for chronic dysentery in Mauritius. It 

 yields a principle known as Conessine. 



Gelsemium nttidum, Michaux, c CAROLINA JESSA- 

 MINE-ROOT/ has been admitted to the Pharmacopoeia 

 (1885), its rhizome being used in neuralgia, rheuma- 

 tism, and fever, though over-doses seem dangerous. || 



ASCLEPIADE^:. 



Hemidesmus indicus, R. Br., INDIAN SARSAPA- 

 RILLA, a twining shrub, is used mainly in Southern 

 India.f 



* ' Pharm. Journ.,' xii (1853), p. 422; vi (1875), P- *4 2 \ 

 ' Pharmacographia/ p. 378. Bentley and Trimen, iii., pi. 173. 



f 'Chemical News,' November icjth, 1878. 



Christy, ' New Commercial Plants/ Nos. 9 and 10, p. 7, 

 with engravings of several species. 



Ibid., No. 10, p. 40, and ' Pharm. Journ.,' xvii (1886), p. 83. 



|| Pharm. Journ./ iv (1874), p. 998 ; vi (1875-6), pp. 481, 521, 

 561,601 ; Bentley and Trimen, iii, p. 181. 



Tf 'Kew Museum Guide/ p. 97. Bentley and Trimen, iii., pi. 174. ' 



